Mark Whittington

Mark R. Whittington is a writer and computer analyst residing in Houston, Texas. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Children of Apollo trilogy, The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories, Gabriella's War,, The Moon, Mars and Beyond, Patton in Palestine, The Further Adventure of Anne Frank, Why is it so Hard to Go Back to the Moon, and Why is America is Going Back to the Moon. He has published commentary in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Washington Post, and the LA Times. He writes a regular column on space for The Hill.

In his time he has ridden a camel in the shadow of the Great Pyramid, floated down the Grand Canal of Venice and down a Norwegian fjord, walked in the footsteps of Shakespeare and Churchill, and has witnessed people rocketing into space. One of his ambitions is to see with his own eyes Earth rising above the horizon of the Moon.